David Wagner and counterpart Claudio Ranieri have described the clash between the Premier League's bottom two clubs on Saturday as "crucial" and both bosses will be hoping to claim all three points to boost their sides' chance of survival and push the other further into trouble.

Former Liverpool defender Lawrenson believes it will be Fulham who come out on top in west London, with the 61-year-old predicting a win for the Cottagers in a close game against the Yorkshire side.

In his weekly predictions column for the BBC, the pundit wrote: "The bottom two teams exchanged places after Wednesday's results, with Fulham's point against Wolves enough to see them climb above Huddersfield, who lost at Manchester United.

"Aleksandar Mitrovic had enough chances to win the game for the Cottagers but I just felt while I was watching it that Wolves were always going to score, because Fulham were sitting so deep.

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"I wanted to say to them to get 20 or 30 yards up the pitch because then, if you make a mistake, someone might be able to recover for you.

"Instead, Wolves got in down their left to put in a great cross, Fulham left-back Joe Bryan fell asleep a little bit - and that was all it took for them to drop two points.

"If they had held a higher line in the first place, then they would still have had a chance to rectify the problem rather than be left trying to clear the ball from underneath their own crossbar.

"I can understand what Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri was trying to do by sitting so deep and not giving Wolves any space in and around their area but once somebody gets behind you like that, with time to put in a measured cross like that one, then you are in trouble.

"At least Fulham are scrapping for Ranieri, though, even if they have not won since his first match in charge - which was seven games ago - and the fans are still behind his side.

A general view of Craven Cottage from behind a corner flag

"Huddersfield are still fighting for David Wagner as well and they had enough chances in their defeat by Manchester United to make that game a lot closer.

"The Terriers very rarely get taken apart by anyone, but they do not score enough goals to get anything out of games.

"It will be interesting to see if Wagner is a little bit more adventurous in this game, because Fulham are the nearest team to them, or does he continue to try to keep things tight?

"This will be another close one, but I am expecting Fulham to come out on top."